The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-30
OLD FATHER DUNDER
He Tells Highly Moral Fairy Story to
His Admiring Young Friends.

He Tells a Highly Moral Fairy Story to
His Admiring Young Friends.
Well, shildren, may pc you like to
hear me talk some more? vhas oanly
an oldt Dutchmans. but if | do you
some goot dot vhas all right l guess
| tell you aboudt some badt boy-a
TELLER who vas named Shacob Hornber-
ger. and who lif Ply dot Black Forest in
Shermany. Vhas l tell you happened
so long ago dot my great grandfather
vhas leedle poy. l haf some peoples
tell me it vhas fairy story, but doan'
know. Well now to pegin:
Vonce upon some time a poy named
Shacob Hornberger lif by der Black
Forest nit his parents. Dot poy doan'
lie und stheal, but he vhas cruel in his
mindt. If he sees some odder leedle
poy he likes to hit him nit club, und
if he sees some leedle girl he likes to
pinch her und make her yell so loud Us
= cannon. Dot vhas pad preenciples,
shildren. If you doan' have some
mercy und sympathy for odder people
you Will some day sthand oop on der
gallcws to be hung
Well, to proceed some more, dot pov
Shacob vhas tickled all oafer when he
hat some shance to be cruel nit dumb
brute. 1t vhas his delight to throw
stones at some dogs, hunt down cats,
md kill off der innocent birds. If he
doan' be cruel to something during der
day he doan' shleep goot at night. Lots
of peoples talk to him und gift him goot
advice, but Shacob vhas no peter.
When poy doan' heed der words of
his parents und friends it vhas bad for
him-werry badt. He vhas on der
plank roadt to destruction, und he dies
some awful death.
Well, one day Shacob finds a rabbit
NIT two proken legs, und he vhas meier
so tickled before. 1t vhas a shance to
pc cruel, und he takes oudt his knife to
torture dot poor rabbit. A leetle oldt
man NIT hump on his pack und one
white eyebrow comes oudt of der woods
shus den und says:
'Vhas you do, eh; Shacob? You
doan' be cruel to dot poor rabbit, l
hope?"
Il like to skin him alifer saws
Shacob.
But if you touch him you shall DO
punished.
Und now, shildren, vhas you suppose
dot poy didP He jabs dot knife into dot
rabbits eyes und laughs ha! ha! ha! to
hear him cry oudt midi pain. However,
he hadt no sooner done dot dan der old
man makes two signs like dot und says:
81 turn dot poy into lean, plind
wolf, und bid him 90 OFF nit der Black
Forest? Dot rabbit vhas all right again!'
Und, shildren, shust like you lif, Sha-
cob becomes plind wolf, nit all his
ribs plain to be seen, und dot rabbit
goes scampering off on four legs, nit
his eyes as goot as eafer Dot wolf
bowls NIT hunger und pain, und While
he runs he knocks himself oafer lots of
times und vhas paddy used oop. If he
can't see he can't catch something to
eat, und in little zine he goes deadt.
Ii you see some rabbit, shildren. you
Will notice how crooked his hindt lees
vhas. Dot vhas because dey vhas pro-
ken. You notice some specs in his
eyes. Dot vhas because he vhas cured
so queek of his blindness. Dot vhas my
story, leedle ones, und like you to re-
member it. Der poy who likes to gif
pain to some helpless animal Will come
oop to some badt man. 1t vhas peter
dot our hearts vhas always full of pity
and mercy, und dot we vhas always
ready NIT charity for der unfortunate.
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